Local News Roundup From Pella Iowa District
Local items note Mrs. N Beckering returning to Pella after a Michigan and Indiana visit. Several families plan moves on March 1 including Tick Ver Me house neighbors Mr Hiemstra and Mrs M Coach. Chas Lautenbach and Wes Glen Johnson with Carp Drug store activities. a Mrs Eva Welle in Des Moines hospital. various illness notes from First Christian Reformed church. Associated Women Students host tea for Misses Ruth Makens Irene Bogard and Virginia Van Gorp. A hold up incident reported near Mr Cole's store. suspect fled after demand for money. Upcoming events include city debates at Iowa Wesleyan and Freshman-Sophomore dance at Central College gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Bogantds
Associated Women
Central College
Graham Hall
Ruth Ma Kens
Irene Bogard
Virginia van Gorp
C. de Jong
Iowa City
A. van Ryswyk
Newton
June Weyers
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Paul Boertje
Abbott Hospital
Oskaloosa
Jacob van Gorp
J. J. Veldhuizen
Pasteurized Milk Process at Cloverleaf Dairy
Three machines pasteurize and bottle milk at Cloverleaf Dairy for Andrew Lubbers. Raw milk from forty six cows is heated to 120 degrees for five minutes and 143 degrees for thirty minutes, then cooled and bottled without manual handling. Lubbers invested about a thousand dollars to bring pasteurized milk to Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Lutbers
Cloverleaf Dairy
Des Moines Wednesday eventing updates and health notes
Local society notes report Udell Hendricks visiting Des Moines while ill in Methodist hospital and Weber family visits in Ogden Iowa. Sam Van Viiet of Indianola and Bernie Vogelaar of Ames are mentioned with relatives. Mrs Helena Meyers of Prairie City spends time with her mother Emiline Porter. Several families from Milwaukee, Des Moines, Monroe, Cedar Falls, and Tracy are noted in visits and illnesses. Hydration and meals described include Green Pea Sauce ingredients and a Maple Grapefruit dish, with kitchen instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Glass & Paint Company
Udell Hendricks
Des Moines
Nues
Methodist Hospital
Weber
Ogden
Sam van Viiet
Indianola
Bernie Vogelaar
Ames
Bob Klein
Ben Vogelaar
Carl
Ruth
Helena Meyers
Prairie City
Emiline Porter
Lester Welle
Milwaukee
Wis
Eva Welle
Lester
Mark Shaw
Monroe
Six Indies
Baptist Aid
C. Fuller
Cedar Falls
G. H. Waechter
Forest Butler
Franklin Street
William Vander Hart
Tennis Hoksbergen
Tracy
Willises
Vander Horst
Valentines and Candies Featured at The Book Shop
On February 14, Saint Valentine’s Day, shoppers are urged to send tokens of affection to friends and sweethearts. The Book Shop advertises fine valentines and candies for the occasion.
Obituary of Teunis Verros Sr. of Pella Iowa
Teunis Verros Sr. died at his home 807 Liberty street Sunday January 28 after a stroke. He was 85 years 5 months 12 days, born east of Pella and lived his life in the community. He married Heiltje De Haan in 1882 and leaves three children and two daughters in law plus two surviving daughters. Interment in Oak Wood cemetery followed services at First Reformed church conducted by Rev Anthony Haverkamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teunis Verros Sr
Liberty Street
Verros
Heiltje de Haan
Dingeman’ Verros
Wren
W. Huyser
Platera
E. Dyketra
P. van Donselaar
Pella
Death of Peter Swank in Lynnville Iowa at 78
Peter Swank died at his daughter Mrs Dirk Van Hal home in Lynnville Iowa on Sunday January 21 aged 78. Survived by three sons Herman Swank Newton Jacob Swank Newton and Peter Swank Newton and two daughters Mrs Dirk Van Hal Lynnville and Mrs Engel Edel Oskaloosa. Funeral services held Wednesday January 24 with Reverend Griffioen of Sully officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Swank
Dirk van Hal
Lynnville
Iowa
Herman Swank
Jacob
Newton
Engel Edel
Oskaloosa
Griffioen
Sully
Farm Sale At 145 Per Acre Near Manchester
Alfred Krygon sold an 80 acre farm near Manchester to Edward Offman Winthrop for 145 dollars per acre cash. Possession is set for March 1. The item appears amid a miscellany of notes about horse theft lore a scam license and marital misfortune reflecting rural Iowa life in a clipped local column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Alfred Krygon
Edward Offman
Winthrop
Thieves Kill Hogs After Reading Comics at Van Holst Farm
Lake Park residents return home to find comics on the kitchen table and mud on the floor. The next morning two 20 pound hogs were killed and butchered, suggesting calm thieves waited while the hogs bled. Also notes on eye trouble youth Harold Hinds Albin, old spectacles collector Hobby C. L. Collier, Good Samaritans feed a hungry man and children, centenarian Mrs. Kemp, finger loss accident of Leonard Beal, and local oddities about squirrels and a makeshift bicycle runner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Holst
Lake Park
Farmer van Holst
Harold Hinds
Albin Farm
Harold
Omelet Supper With Savory Sauce Demonstration
A mother declares an omelet will be the supper, insisting on hot fresh eggs and no delays. The article details making a savory sauce with green pepper mushroom and tomato, plus omelet technique, folding and serving with extra sauce. Serves 3 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Calf horns nibbled by rats and large tree planting plan announced
Andrews reported rats nibbled the horns on his calves probably while asleep. The Soil Conservation Service will plant over 1,400,000 trees on Town farms this spring from the Ames nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Andrews
Soil Conservation Service
Ames
FHA Aided Over 1200 Iowans In 1939 Home Loans
Iowa FHA aided 1262 home mortgages totaling 5,062,900 under its 1939 program. June saw 268 applications worth 1,061,900 the peak month. National trends show 1939 insured more mortgages than 1938 and 1940 expected to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Brandt
FHA
Tows
Branch
Federal’ Housing Arkministration
Kake
Iowa
Brandt
Towa Fia
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Lester Vander Wilt
Cander Wilt
Hiemstra
Babe" Tysseling
Neilie Wachter
Chas. Lautenbach
Wes
Glen Johnson
Carp Drug Store
Adair County
Stuart
Glen
Ster
Helene
Des Moines Hospital
Milwukee
Sapp Delta
Central Calle Salt
Cole
Mr Cole
Leland Lankelma
Central Debators
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan
Bette Lankelma Martin
Dorothy Cook
Central College Gymnasium
Par Lewis Popma
Wormhoudt & Son
Davenportal
Congoleum-Nairn
The
Mr. Groundhog
Wer
Taseo Ano UP
S Mine
Ad. Lecoca
Radio and
Phonograph
Teunis Verros
Hunte
First Reformed Church
Anthony Haverkampinge
Oakwood Cemetery
Swingin
Francis J. Lorenz
Schenectady
N. Y
Strawberry Point
Aaso
Lorenz
Horse Thief Association
Edward Thomas Norton
Frank Haldarak
Glas Fang
Bedford Times-Press
Bedford
Hobby C. L. Collier
Grinnell
Lake City
Loveland
Ohio
Phillip Kemp
Laurens
Abe Lincoln
Lincolns
Springfield
Minoi
Leonard Beal
Belle Plaine
Genevieve Couper
Ernest Warning
Venice
George Yeoman
Corwith
Pauline
Dale
Gladys
Dorothy Greig
Federal Discount Corp
M. Naartgeboren
Mgr
So. Market St
Niagara Falls
Tibet
Ander
Westinghouse
Gwne
Wwe
van den Berg Electric and Paint Co
Pelia
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